Mosley Street, Theatre Royal

HER Number:
6845

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Mosley Street, Theatre Royal

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE NZ26SW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific:
Theatre

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Theatre Royal was built in Mosley Street, one of the premier shopping and commercial streets in the Georgian town, in 1788. Designed by David Stephenson, Charleton described it as "unsurpassed by any provincial theatre in the country". It was demolished in the 1830s to make way for Grainger's new developments.

Easting:
424990

Northing:
564110

Grid Reference:
NZ424990564110

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6845 >> I. Ayris, 1997, A City of Palaces, p 43; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 76; L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 22